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My Life. One Story at a Time.

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My Life. One Story at a Time.

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Ryka, Calypso, Sentry

Saying goodbye to Calypso

June 22, 2021

Calypso has been a fixture in my life, an extension of me, for ten and a half years. Learning to …

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There remains a little bit of kid in all of us…

June 8, 2019

We live along a little sleepy bayou in Southern Louisiana. Like most people, we have a wharf and boats. My …

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The passing of a wonderful pet and companion – Ryka

July 18, 2017

Today is a sad day for my family. One of our West German Shepherds, Ryka, passed away this morning. She …

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While visions of fried chicken danced in her head…

June 10, 2017

Today on the farm… Calypso got over her fear of the tractor just long enough to scoot through the gate …

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The week in Review – dealing with Fly Strike

April 9, 2016

This week has been a week! First, for the last two weeks, we have been battling Fly Strike. I never …

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A peaceful, lazy evening…

April 7, 2016

This photo was taken yesterday around 7:30pm from the wharf behind our boathouse on Bayou Lafourche in Valentine, South Louisiana. …

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Donna McBroom-Theriot

Donna McBroom-Theriot

I’m Donna, and My Life is like an episode of "I love Lucy!" I'm a writer, book reviewer, organizer, wanderer, and Southern Lady who loves Sweet Tea and chocolate. My blog, My Life. One Story at a Time is where I've been writing short stories since 2009. It’s a place where books, organizing, planning, travel, and life with German Shepherds and a retired cop all collide. Welcome to My Life! This quote pretty much sums me up: "Deep in my heart, I know there’s no promise I’ll be free from trouble in this life. In fact, I’m usually either getting out of trouble, currently in trouble, or about to meet trouble around the next corner." Well, you know that old saying, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" - that road is usually the one I'm on! And, as much I used to mock (we all grow up eventually) the Cajun dialect, 25 years ago, I found myself marrying the sweetest Cajun boy - complete with the requisite white trawl boots and a trawl boat. He was also a Louisiana State Trooper, since retired. I was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2012, and Trigeminal Neuralgia in May of 2017. I have been documenting my journey to help others experiencing the same diagnoses. I love writing stories about the South and life with our two German Shepherds, and the four kids who meander in and out of our lives as they live their own journeys. Unless we are traveling about the USA, most days you'll find me out on the front porch swing, with the dogs at my feet, a tall glass of sweet iced tea close by, and a good book. It's what life in the South is all about.

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